Ailin Mao

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ailin Mao is a scholar working on Geophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ailin Mao has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 3 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ailin Mao's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (7 papers), GNSS positioning and interference (5 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (3 papers). Ailin Mao is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (7 papers), GNSS positioning and interference (5 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (3 papers). Ailin Mao collaborates with scholars based in United States and Peru. Ailin Mao's co-authors include Timothy H. Dixon, G. Sella, C. G. A. Harrison, Seth Stein, Leónidas Ocola, I. Selwyn Sacks, Michael A. Ellis, Edmundo Norabuena, Joseph F. Engeln and John Weber and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ailin Mao

10 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

REVEL: A model for Recent plate velocities from space geodesy

2002 897 citations G. Sella, Timothy H. Dixon et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Noise in GPS coordinate time series

1999 606 citations Ailin Mao, C. G. A. Harrison et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ailin Mao United States	9	1.7k	469	389	183	120	10	2.0k
J. F. Kirby Australia	25	1.0k 0.6×	439 0.9×	699 1.8×	154 0.8×	74 0.6×	60	1.7k
M. Meghan Miller United States	21	2.0k 1.2×	554 1.2×	441 1.1×	461 2.5×	273 2.3×	47	2.5k
H. Dragert Canada	27	3.2k 1.9×	354 0.8×	384 1.0×	187 1.0×	412 3.4×	60	3.6k
J. L. Svarc United States	31	2.1k 1.2×	370 0.8×	205 0.5×	228 1.2×	202 1.7×	65	2.3k
Sylvain Bonvalot France	26	1.4k 0.8×	451 1.0×	696 1.8×	200 1.1×	166 1.4×	68	2.2k
G. Veis Greece	25	2.4k 1.4×	331 0.7×	438 1.1×	390 2.1×	168 1.4×	50	2.9k
D Angermann Germany	14	835 0.5×	334 0.7×	335 0.9×	153 0.8×	41 0.3×	63	1.2k
Michel Van Camp Belgium	22	830 0.5×	430 0.9×	911 2.3×	100 0.5×	78 0.7×	65	1.6k
Giovanna Berrino Italy	18	1.1k 0.6×	202 0.4×	354 0.9×	122 0.7×	55 0.5×	51	1.3k
G. Jentzsch Germany	19	787 0.5×	177 0.4×	504 1.3×	62 0.3×	68 0.6×	68	1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ailin Mao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ailin Mao

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Sella, G., Timothy H. Dixon, & Ailin Mao. (2002). REVEL: A model for Recent plate velocities from space geodesy. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(B4). 897 indexed citations breakdown →

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Newman, A. V., Seth Stein, John Weber, et al.. (1999). Slow Deformation and Lower Seismic Hazard at the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Science. 284(5414). 619–621. 118 indexed citations

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Mao, Ailin, C. G. A. Harrison, & Timothy H. Dixon. (1999). Noise in GPS coordinate time series. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(B2). 2797–2816. 606 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mao, Ailin. (1998). Geophysical applications of the global positioning system. PhDT. 8 indexed citations

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Norabuena, Edmundo, Ailin Mao, Timothy H. Dixon, et al.. (1998). Space Geodetic Observations of Nazca-South America Convergence Across the Central Andes. Science. 279(5349). 358–362. 227 indexed citations

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Dixon, Timothy H., Ailin Mao, Marcus Bursik, et al.. (1997). Continuous monitoring of surface deformation at Long Valley Caldera, California, with GPS. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 102(B6). 12017–12034. 67 indexed citations

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Dixon, Timothy H. & Ailin Mao. (1997). A GPS estimate of relative motion between North and South America. Geophysical Research Letters. 24(5). 535–538. 34 indexed citations

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Stein, Seth, Ailin Mao, Timothy H. Dixon, et al.. (1997). Constraints on present‐day shortening rate across the central eastern Andes from GPS data. Geophysical Research Letters. 24(9). 1031–1034. 23 indexed citations

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Dixon, Timothy H., Ailin Mao, & Seth Stein. (1996). How rigid is the stable interior of the North American Plate?. Geophysical Research Letters. 23(21). 3035–3038. 57 indexed citations

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Dixon, Timothy H., Ailin Mao, F. Webb, et al.. (1995). GPS monitoring data for active volcanos available on Internet. Eos. 76(1). 2–2. 5 indexed citations

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